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Amazon.com Inc. said today that it\u2019s streamlining its physical stores, closing a number of Amazon Books, Amazon 4-Star, and Amazon Pop Up stores in the U.S. and the U.K.<\/p>\n

This will lead to a large number of employees being left without a job, although Amazon said it will try to find work for those people somewhere in its other enterprises. For those who turn down the shuffle, severance packages will be offered.<\/p>\n

Given that the move doesn\u2019t include the closing down of some of Amazon\u2019s other brick-and-mortar businesses, including Amazon Go, Amazon Fresh, and its Whole Foods stores, and the fact it just announced a more high-tech version of a Whole Foods store, it seems the company may have overstretched itself and is now narrowing its focus.<\/p>\n

Indeed, sales at Amazon\u2019s physical stores haven\u2019t been great, with reports showing that growth has been slow and sales were worse in 2020 than they were in 2018. The difference wasn\u2019t catastrophic, but it wasn\u2019t good, either, with 2018 sales for physical stores at $17.2 billion and in 2020 $17.1 billion.<\/p>\n

Amazon spokesperson Betsy Harden told the media that this is the time to focus on those remaining stores, saying in a statement. \u201cWe remain committed to building great, long-term physical retail experiences and technologies, and we\u2019re working closely with our affected employees to help them find new roles within Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems Amazon is still prepared to test the water with new concepts for physical stores, only recently announcing that it was getting into the fashion business by opening Amazon Style, a brick-and-mortar business store in \u00a0Los Angeles that embraces all kinds of new technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As well as the new cashierless Whole Foods outlets, the company has also recently opened<\/a> a slew of new Amazon Fresh grocery stores where shoppers don\u2019t have to go through a checkout. Some other experiments include Amazon Dash Cart, a shopping cart fitted with sensors, and Amazon One<\/a>, a contactless identity service that uses the palm of your hand to pay.<\/p>\n

Photo: Shinya Suzuki<\/a>\/Flickr<\/h5>\n
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